I was wondering about vehicle (or character) elements that are temporary in nature relating to gameplay..such as weapon or engine effects like muzzleflashes, spent casings, rockets in flight with or without contrails, and engine thrust/afterburners...

assuming we pose our final shots, should any or all of these elements be included in the 4000 poly limit?

I still have room to work on my model, just thought it was worth asking.

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Now I was working under the idea that the vehicle would be up to 4K tris, and the character would be up to 4K tris, although i would submit the vehicle for judging

However if i want to make them fit under 4K combined i could submit them as the one design (as the character and their Ride ala Panzer Dragoon)

Is this correct? I only ask because of comments that arose in my thread.

Next question: for the final render for the submission, do you only submit the elements of the render to be judged, or can the final render contain all the other elements (in this case the added character and scene etc?)

caustic - personally I wouldn't have a problem with it but you would have to split everything you win with me. (Though my personal feeling on any and all issues of this nature don't really count for much since I'm a nobody.)

Quote:Originally posted by Wintermute I was wondering about vehicle (or character) elements that are temporary in nature relating to gameplay..such as weapon or engine effects like muzzleflashes, spent casings, rockets in flight with or without contrails, and engine thrust/afterburners...

assuming we pose our final shots, should any or all of these elements be included in the 4000 poly limit?

I still have room to work on my model, just thought it was worth asking.

Now I was working under the idea that the vehicle would be up to 4K tris, and the character would be up to 4K tris, although i would submit the vehicle for judging

However if i want to make them fit under 4K combined i could submit them as the one design (as the character and their Ride ala Panzer Dragoon)

Is this correct? I only ask because of comments that arose in my thread.

correct.

Quote:Next question: for the final render for the submission, do you only submit the elements of the render to be judged, or can the final render contain all the other elements (in this case the added character and scene etc?)

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